"...Our Eastern Empire is a great country, a state of etiquette. Since the beginning of the world, it has been established in the eastern land and has thrived. Generation after generation, without any disputes, inheritance of poetry and etiquette, cultivation of morality, and enlightenment.
.As for our Ming Empire, we still serve the outside world.
Good, hope that the world will be unified and all nations will be in harmony. From the beginning to the end, we will never compete with other countries in the world. Regardless of the size of the country, we will benefit them with virtue, treat them with benevolence, treat them with affection, and treat them with kindness. This is the foundation of our great country in the East.
, the journey of cultivating virtue and governing the way of heaven..."
Helena read these words softly and thought to herself: The Duke of the Ming Empire who wrote the letter is really good at writing.
Helena translated these words into the French language, and Almeida frowned and stroked her beard, silent.
"... Everything I said has clear evidence. A hundred years ago, our Ming Dynasty had a huge fleet to go to sea and visit dozens of overseas countries. With hundreds of warships, the invincible fleet that shocked the world went to sea, but wherever it went, there was no
Occupy a land and not kill anyone. All countries, big and small, welcome them wholeheartedly and eat the juice from the pot.
, welcome you heartily. Zheng Gong made seven voyages to the West, spreading the kindness of our Ming Empire and benefiting all countries, and never had any unpleasantness. This is the magnanimity of our great country in the East. Although the country is large, it does not bully the weak. Although the military is
Strong, but not overbearing and weak. This is the principle that I, the Eastern Empire Style, adhere to."
"...Your country of Folangji is thousands of miles away from me, the Ming Dynasty. We have never had any relationship or quarrel. We are located at the opposite ends of the world. We have never interacted with each other since we were old and dead, and we have no conflicts of interest. However, a few years ago,
You and other warship owners will bully, occupy, and rob you along the way.
They plunder and plunder, using human faces to do things with the minds of animals, arbitrarily attacking other countries, seizing people's property, and taking human lives. In recent years, our Ming Dynasty has been reported to foreign countries many times for help. The envoys of the foreign countries wept and howled with blood.
I cannot bear to hear the description of such atrocities."
"...Originally, our Ming Dynasty focused on internal affairs and did not want to pay attention to these things. However, you should never have decided to target our Ming Empire. You sent warships to invade our Tuenmen Island in Guangdong and set up
Trading port, violating our Ming Dynasty’s policy of banning seas, engaging in smuggling
Making huge profits from goods. That's all. You should not be greedy and intend to occupy our Tuen Mun Island. You will brutally and massacre the fishermen and people along our coast. You will secretly capture our Ming Dynasty's young men and young women and sell them as slaves overseas.
As a prostitute. How can such evil deeds be done?
Although we, the Ming Dynasty, have a heart of patience, we have a bottom line. You are acting so recklessly and treating our Eastern Empire as nothing, and you should be severely punished. In view of this, His Majesty, the Emperor, issued an order and I took the order to lead the fleet to the expedition.
, punish you. You are a small country.
, in a small and small land, you have to live in the wilderness, thanks to the blessings of the gods and Buddhas. However, you are unwise to provoke a powerful country for no reason. You are seeking your own death, and you are beyond stupid. This time, my great Master
You have a reputation as a teacher of justice, and you will definitely pay the price."
"Bang!" Almeida screamed, and when he heard Helena read this paragraph, he was furious.
"What a loud tone. In today's world, who dares to look down upon our country, the country of Franco? Our country, the country of Franco, is about to conquer the world, and the Ming Empire will not be excluded." Almeida said loudly.
Helena frowned and asked softly: "Father, have we done all the things he mentioned in his letter? Are our people really secretly selling others into slavery? What are the things that women are sold to... for?"
Almeida stared at Helena and said nothing. Helena breathed a sigh of relief and stopped talking. It seemed that the words in the letter were not lies. Her father also knew about it. Maybe...he was also involved.
"Keep reading." Almeida said solemnly.
Helena agreed in a low voice and continued reading: "...Today I am leading the Ming Dynasty's Invincible Fleet to settle old and new accounts with you. Our Eastern Empire is a civilized country, so we always treat courtesy first and then fight. Today I ordered someone to
I am sending this letter to you, it is for you
There is an opportunity to reconcile with our Ming Dynasty. You only need to withdraw from the lands of other eastern countries that Manchuria has invaded and return to your own country. All the previous matters will be written off and will no longer be pursued. If you have any luck, you must
Teach you to wait for death without a burial place."
Almeida sneered: "Things who don't know whether to live or die. They only use their words."
Helena continued: "...I am setting up my troops in the sea area of Furong Cliff. Within three days, either you will evacuate or you will come to fight like men. I know that Commander-in-Chief Almeida is fighting in all directions and claims to be invincible. I guess
You won’t surrender either. So let’s
Let's have a big battle. I don't want you to huddle in the harbor, shrinking like a shrunken turtle and not daring to come to fight. If you are a man, then lead your Eastern Fleet to fight. If you don't dare, just wave
Dao... I'm from the palace, I think I'm not a man, I won't blame you."
Helena read these sentences, her face flushed, and she thought to herself: This Duke is really rude. I thought he had good literary talent before. He could even say such insulting and dirty words.
"Throwing a knife into the palace? What does that mean?" Almeida asked with a frown.
Helena blushed and didn't know how to answer, and stammered: "Yes...yes...castrated...meaning not to be a man."
Almeida was furious and cursed: "This overestimated bug, dirty oriental swine. If I catch him, I will burn him alive."
Helena said: "Father, don't be angry, he is just irritating you."
Almeida nodded and said: "You are right, he is provoking me to leave here and go to Furong Cliff to fight with him. This man is not a fool. He knows that if he fights with us near the port, he will kill everyone."
There is no chance of winning. That’s why I was prompted to lead my army."
Helena didn't know much about combat, so she just nodded slightly.
"Anything else? What other insulting words did this stupid pig say?" Almeida said.
Helena read the last part of the letter and was speechless for a long time, staring blankly there.
"What's wrong?" Almeida asked: "Is it another vicious word?"
Helena gritted her teeth and said: "No, it turns out...it turns out that this Duke of Ming Dynasty named Zhang Yanling was the cook who sabotaged and deceived me that day. This person...is really cunning and courageous...too much
.”
Almeida was also extremely surprised and said in amazement: "You mean, this Duke was actually the mastermind behind the arson that day? How dare he be so bold? He secretly came to Malacca before the war?"
Helena nodded slightly and read softly: "...Dear Commander Almeida, you must be dismissive of my words. But you must remember the fire at the military port more than ten days ago. It was just a small trick on my part.
Destroyed a lot of your warships. In real battle, you will know your own hand better.
Duan. I might as well tell you clearly that I and three of my subordinates were the ones who pretended to be cooks and sneaked into the military port to set fire to it. You should know my methods. Your military port is a land of no one for me, and I can come and go easily.
.I hope you will think clearly about the consequences of being my enemy."
"It's really him. Bastard, this bastard." Almeida cursed loudly, completely losing her grace.
Helena continued to read: "Finally, I would like to ask you to convey my apologies to your beloved Miss Helena. Miss Helena is innocent and cute, and does not know the dangers of the world. I used her to sneak into the military port that day, and she must have hated me to the bone afterwards. Please."
Tell her, I'm sorry, I didn't intend to take advantage of her. I hope she won't have extreme ideas because of this. The world is not all use and conspiracy, there are still many good things.
I don’t want to ruin the dream of a simple girl. That’s what people like you and me should protect. Let us experience the ugliness of this time, so that our relatives don’t have to endure the conspiracy and ugliness.
With this, I once again extend my most sincere respect to Commander-in-Chief Almeida. My most sincere apologies to the beautiful Miss Helena. Yours sincerely, the Protector of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Yanling."
Both father and daughter fell into silence. Almeida felt the strongest contempt and irony in this letter. Not the words themselves, but when he knew that the commander of the opposite fleet actually came to his heavily guarded harbor in person.
He set a fire in it and left safely.
This is obviously the biggest humiliation.
Although Helena was responsible for this matter, this person was so bold and dared to touch the Malacca Harbor that he did not take her seriously.
Almeida had never been humiliated like this.
"Father, do you plan to reply to your letter? I can reply to you." Helena said softly.
Almeida nodded slowly and said in a deep voice: "Reply, of course. I said, you write."
Helena took out a piece of rough-edged yellow paper and dipped her quill in ink.
"Your Excellency Zhang Yanling, Duke of the Ming Empire, I, Almeida, accept your challenge. Three days later, in the waters of Furongya, your fleet and ours will have a decisive battle, and we will see who is the best. Your previous act of sneaking into our military port to destroy monsters was really disgraceful.
, but I forgive you, commander, because I feel the cowardice in your heart. In our country, the powerful Eastern Fleet of Franji
In front of us, you have no confidence to defeat us, so you use these despicable means to destroy my warships. However, this will not help. Burning some of my warships will not change the fact that you will be defeated. I will
Let you taste what fear is. Hide in your boat and tremble, poor thing, you don't have much time left to eat, drink, and breathe."
Helena's writing was flying, and she felt happy in her heart. Although her father's words were equally vulgar, they had strong confidence. Before the two armies fought, they could not lose this verbal battle.
"In addition, I forgive you on behalf of my daughter Helena. She will not be angry because she was deceived by someone like you. Helena does not feel any discomfort at all, because you Orientals, in our country,
The robots look like a swarm of ants. How can we be angry about ants? Just don’t put money in your face. Dear Duke, enjoy what you have left.
Time, that will be your last day. Write a suicide note and inform your family to collect your body. I will bring the news of your death to your empire and tell your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. After defeating you, I
I will personally greet you, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The scene must be very interesting. It’s a pity that you can’t see it. Your loyal friend Almeida pays tribute.”